Meet the people who make Beaudesert such a great community!
Tim Andrews loves nothing more than to plan and host a good dinner party, and Christmas with 25 immediate family members is no exception. […]
When Elaina Baker isn’t busy working to improve the lives of youth in Beaudesert and surrounds, you’ll most likely find her at the gym – which is like her second home – or savouring a coffee. The quietly considered Beaudesert local finds deep satisfaction in her role as Regional Coordinator […]
There is a smile in Catherine Drynan’s voice when she talks about Fairy, the rogue little pony she rode to school back in the day. Catherine and her big brothers, the late Drew Junior and Brian, all rode their ponies to old Innisplain State School a few miles from the […]
Melissa Frazer is a hardworking woman who loves to get out and have a go. She has run ultramarathons in Australia and abroad and trudged through the nation’s toughest team endurance event, but Melissa Frazer wasn’t always a sporty person. The Beaudesert local took up running years ago to give […]
Aunty Gerry Page’s memories of growing up on Beaudesert’s Petersen Street are as vivid as the colours on the NAIDOC polo shirt she wears. It was like a community of its own – siblings, cousins, aunties, uncles, parents and grandparents sharing kitchens and loungerooms, backyards and hearts. Gerry, now 71, […]
You’d be hard-pressed to find Geoff Cook saying anything bad about animals, even the cheeky bandicoots who get into his veggie patch. The 72-year-old Kooralbyn retiree has 28 homing pigeons and first had pigeons when he was four years old in South Australia. His wife Karen – a marriage celebrant […]
Six days a week, Josh Cocks gets up before the sun to milk his neighbours’ cows. Many locals know him as the pastor of Beaudesert Baptist Church, where he has served for 18 years this June. Josh, 42, has dedicated most of his adult life to serving Beaudesert as a […]
David Kassulke clearly remembers the day the AJ Bush factory went up in smoke. “On the 16th of June 2001 at noon this factory burned to the ground, but the factory was completely put together and functioning again within 12 months,” he said. “I said, ‘we’re going to reopen this […]
When Michael Ferguson was laid up with a broken back after a workplace accident, his girlfriend Jayne stuck by his side. He popped the big question on her birthday as she sat beside his bed, and now they’ve been married 20 years. Michael, 50, loves living life with Jayne and […]
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